Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog,Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published novels: The Cormorant, Blightborn (Heartland Book #2), Heartland Book #3, Dinocalypse Forever, Frack You, and The Hellsblood Bride. Also coming soon is his compilation book of writing advice from this very blog: The Kick-Ass Writer, coming from Writers Digest.

He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is an alum of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. Together they co-wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.

Chuck has contributed over two million words to the game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He was a frequent contributor to The Escapist, writing about games and pop culture.

Much of his writing advice has been collected in various writing- and storytelling-related e-books.

He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, two dogs, and tiny human.

He is likely drunk and untrustworthy. This blog is NSFW and probably NSFL.

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Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. This is his blog. He talks a lot about writing. And food. And pop culture. And his kid. He uses lots of naughty language. NSFW. Probably NSFL. Be advised.

Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part 3

Look through the now 400-word entries from last week (round two, linked above).

Pick one.

Add another 200 words to the story.

(Easiest way forward is to copy the chosen 400 words to your own blog, then add the next 200. Don’t forget to link to your now 600-word story in the comments. Someone may want to continue the tale next week, for part four.)

You do not need to have participated in the first rounds to participate in this one.

Try to choose to continue a story in which you have not yet participated.

Do not finish the story. This is a five-part fiction experiment: we’ll end the year with several 1000-word stories, each built out of 200-word chunks by you guys. This is a collaborative game. It is Whisper Down the Lane. It is Telephone. It should be very interesting by the end. One hopes.

LOOK HERE FOR STORIES THAT NEED TO BE ADOPTED ALSO PLACE ANY STORIES ON THE LINK IF THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE. Sorry about the caps. If you have already done one…do another…the best way to improve your writing skills is to go outside your comfort zone. Thanks all.

OK, Since hpetterson did the 2nd 200, I decided to keep the story on track and did the next 400. It’s up to date for the next person to finish. It still doesn’t have a title so the last person can name it. Here’s the link. It’ll be active 0300 Friday morning. http://wp.me/p2AyuM-g9

Sorry, a little late this week. For the third installment of the 200-word challenge I randomly chose another excerpt. I had a hard time keeping my word count at 200 this week, as this story has so much potential. I was so engrossed in the writing that, before I knew it, ended up with over 300 words, which was editied down to 207. I really hope someone takes up the torch here and continues this story.

A woman wakes up in a deserted cotton field. She’s on the run. But from what? Seems that she’s about to find out . . .